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post #1 of 12
9/19/05 at 3:02pm
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hello everyone!
can somebody please help me here! What relation does the phrase "dead man's hands" have to cooking, or the kitchen? this is a question a friend asked me today, and i haven't the slightest clue! :confused:

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post #2 of 12
9/19/05 at 3:04pm
It's a poker hand and also a video game. Does that help?
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post #3 of 12
9/19/05 at 3:32pm
its a poker hand...

I have a little descroption about why its called that if anyones intrested...
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post #4 of 12
9/19/05 at 3:37pm
Crab lungs are also called "Dead men" and "devils fingers" in a kitchen context that may be what was meant.
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post #5 of 12
9/19/05 at 5:32pm
Im with Chrose. The only phrase I have heard, in context of a kitchen, is "dead man's fingers", relating to the lungs of crabs, most specifically to softshell crabs.
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post #6 of 12
9/19/05 at 8:00pm
The "dead man's hand" is poker hand consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. It's called that because supposedly Wild Bill Hickock was holding that hand when he was murdered.

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post #7 of 12
9/20/05 at 8:33pm
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thanks everyone, yeah the answer i was looking for was infact 'dead mans fingers'. meaning crabs lungs!....and from what i understand they are highly poisonus, and will infact kill someone if consumed!...

you learn something new everyday!

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post #8 of 12
9/21/05 at 9:38am
Ehhh....wives tale. They are only gills, they will not kill you, but still they aren't edible. Just scrape 'em off and toss them.
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post #9 of 12
9/23/05 at 7:49pm
if im not mistaken, the dead mans fingers are the rear legs of a crab (the small ones with paddles on them), but then again i could be wrong.
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post #10 of 12
9/24/05 at 8:07am
Sorry Nick, those are "swimmers" the deadmen are the crab lungs or gills.
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post #11 of 12
9/25/05 at 5:16am
Chrose is right.

(And I know you never get tired of hearing that ;) )

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post #12 of 12
9/25/05 at 10:00am
Took the :talk: right out of my mouth! :lol:
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